Richard McNemar, Music, and the Western Shaker Communities : Branches of One Living Tree

Richard McNemar, Music, and the Western Shaker Communities : Branches of One Living Tree / Carol Medlicott & Christian Goodwillie.

The arrival of the Shakers in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana in the decades after 1805 saw a substantial escalation in the movement. This book reconstructs a vast repository of early Shaker hymns, using them to uncover the dramatic history of Shakerism's bold expansion to the frontier. With newly...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goodwillie, Christian
Other Authors: Medlicott, Carol
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Ashland] : The Kent State University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
McNemar, Richard, > 1770-1839. > Selection of hymns and poems for the use of believers.
McNemar, Richard, > 1770-1839.
McNemar, Richard, > 1770-1839
Shakers > Hymns > History and criticism.
Shakers
Selection of hymns and poems for the use of believers (McNemar, Richard)
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Table of Contents:
  • Key to Holding Institutions
  • Custos Sacrorum : Richard McNemar as Curator and Printer
  • A Window on the West : Unity and Harmony in Richard McNemar's Shaker Zion
  • "The living Church may loudly sing" : Giving Voice to Richard McNemar's Shaker West
  • Song Scores, Lyrics, and Commentaries
  • Index
  • Hymn and Poem Title Index
  • Hymn and Poem First Line Index
  • Hymn and Poem Authors Index.

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